Nagasawa, Masami
One student that stood out from the J-dorama, Dragon Zakura, was Mizuno Naomi played by Nagasawa Masami. I already had my fill of school dramas, but I endured watching the series because of her. She acts just like the way her character should be. However, after finishing the series, I’ve already forgotten all about her.
(screencaps from Proposal Daisakusen)
The second time I saw her was at the popular series, Proposal Daisakusen (Operation Love). You will first encounter her wearing a bridal dress and getting ready to get married. At first I didn’t realized it was her, not until I saw her profile at Jdorama.com. She starred for the second time with Yamashita Tomohisa on this series (both of them are also at the school drama, Dragon Zakura). Although I have to admit that she is much cuter on the ‘time-slip’ portions of the series, rather than at the present time when she is already getting married.
And now it’s time for introductions…
Nagasawa Masami (長澤まさみ) born on June 3, 1987 in Iwata, Shizuoka. She has performed in many famous movies and television dramas including Crying out Love, In the Center of the World, Nada Sousou, Dragon Zakura and Proposal Daisakusen. She graduated from Horikoshi High School in 2006. She is also known as “Ma-chan”. She is the daughter of Kazuaki Nagasawa, former manager of the J. League team Júbilo Iwata.
She won Best Actress in the 11th Nikkan Sports Drama Grand Prix (Apr-June 07) for the series Proposal Daisakusen. In Summer 2007, Masami was ranked 9th in 2007 Most Influential People In Japan, the order is as follow: Kimura Takuya, Kitano Takeshi, Suzuki Ichiro, Matsui Hideki, Mino Monta, Akashiya Sanma, Katori Shingo, Matsuzaka Daisuke, Nagasawa Masami, Nakai Masahiro, according to magazine Flash. She is also the only female on the ranking.
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In June 2007, she was announced as the “Woman Most Men Want To Marry”. This was a survey done by Oricon and was released under the title “June Brides”.
More info: Nagasawa-Masami.jp, D-addicts.com, Wikipedia.org, Jdorama.com.
And more photos: Google, Flickr.
Did you liked her? Check out Inoue Mao and Horikita Maki.
i find her a lot prettier while she was wearing a wedding dress, she kinda look too old when she wears their HS uniform.. but then again, she’s also one of the reasons why i liked proposal daisakusen so much.. esp. with yamapi. they make such a great couple
although i like the maki x yamapi tandem better
Masami ranks 3rd on my kawaii list, next to Maki and Inoue
she’s starring a new jdrama: Last Friends.. looks really good, seems like it’s heavy drama though